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 Brian Françoise Assistant Professor, Theatre
Brian freelances widely as a teaching artist striving to implement community performance and educational theatre projects in Greater Baltimore. As an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Goucher College, he teaches acting and "theatre for social change," he has developed courses in Peace Studies, International Education, and Theatre Pedagogy. Brian co-founded Theatre Action Group, a collective of citizen artists empowered with the language of theatre to promote dialogue, encourage social action & build community. details
 Anu Yadav Theatre-based educator and performer
Anu Yadav is a Washington, D.C. based actor and playwright of "Capers," a play developed with and based on the stories of families who protested the government-funded relocation and demolition of their neighborhood. Anu is a writer, performer and theater-based educator in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Yadav was a 2000-2001 Thomas J. Watson Fellow, during which she studied theatre towards social change in Brazil, India and South Africa. details
 Mary Hardcastle Interdisciplinary Artist
Mary Hardcastle is an artist, educator and parent with a 20 year practice in theatre, filmmaking, creative writing and community building in Los Angeles and Baltimore. Her work is deeply embedded in social ecology--encouraging inclusiveness, cooperation, healthy growth and diversity. details
 Luisa Bieri de Rios Open Society Institute Fellow
Luisa Bieri is a theater artist, activist and educator who works to create cross-cultural understanding through art and dialogue. Por la Avenida is a neighborhood initiative that Luisa created this year at Creative Alliance, a multi-purpose art center in Baltimore, where new and older generations of immigrants, refugees and long-standing, working-class residents of Highlandtown make and perform art together. details
 Sheila Gaskins Teaching artist
Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins is a veteran of the stage, television, radio and film. Her credits include, HBO’s The Wire (season-4), NBC’s Last Comic-Standing, BET’s
Comicview, and the film, The Salon with Vivica Fox. She is a writer, stand-up comic, visual artist, facilitator, public speaker, and teacher artist. details
 Marc Weinblatt Artist & Activist
Marc Weinblatt is founder & director of the Mandala Center for Awareness, Transformation, & Action based in Port Townsend, Washington. Formerly Artistic Director at the Seattle Public Theater, Marc is an internationally recognized expert in the use of Augusto Boal's ground breaking Theater of the Oppressed to stimulate personal and social change. details
 David Mitchell Actor, Writer
David D. Mitchell, Managing Director of Run of the Mill Theater, is an actor, writer, administrator who is returning to Baltimore after having the fortunate opportunity to work with both The Actors Studio and The Neighborhood Playhouse schools of acting. details
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